占める
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Meanings
- to occupy, to hold
- to account for, to make up, to take up
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She holds an important position in the class.
Foreign tourists accounted for about 30% of the total.
That issue ended up taking up most of the meeting time.
I noticed that food expenses make up a large portion of the household budget.
Manufacturing once held a central role in this country's economy, but in recent years its share has been declining.
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